Monday, October 22, 2012

D9

A.
1) This article discusses Americans' beliefs in regard to global warming.

2) The article says that more Americans are starting to believe in global warming and that the number who say that climate change is man-made is also rising. About 67% of Americans currently say that they see significant evidence to support global climate change. This means that politicians can no longer solve their environmental policies issues by simply denying the existence of global warming. Candidates should address the issue of climate change with policies rather than denial. This also applies to our campaign because we should not deny global warming and we should develop policies to deal with global, environmental issues.


3) In general, those 65 and older are much less likely to believe in global warming. Therefore if a candidate is targeting seniors they can take a more conservative view on the environment. Candidates would receive more support from seniors if they were to deny the existence of climate change.


B.

1) "ASK ALL: Q.62 In your view, is global warming a very serious problem, somewhat serious, not too serious, or not a problem?"

2) Since June 2006, the number of people who say that climate change is a serious problem has stayed about the time. It has dropped a little bit from 41 in June 2006 to 39 in October 2012. The number of people who say that it's not problem has risen from a low of 8 in January 2007 to 19 in October 2012. 


3) This question seems neutral to me. It could be reworded to be biased as the following: "Due to the environmental impacts of climate change do you agree that global warming is a serious problem?"


C.

1) The poll was taken from October 4-7 2012.

2) The sample size was 1,511.


3) The margin of error is 2.9 percentage points.


4) There is a 95% confidence interval for this survey.


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